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Black Mountain is a District Electoral Area used to elect 7 councillors to Belfast City Council.

Black Mountain
Belfast City Council DEA constituency
Black Mountain DEA marked on a map of Belfast City Council and its wards
Current constituency
Created2014
Seats7 (2014–)
Councillors
  •   Ciarán Beattie (SF)
  •   Arder Carson (SF)
  •   Paul Doherty (SDLP)
  •   Micheal Donnelly (SF)
  •   Róis-Máire Donnelly (SF)
  •   Áine McCabe (SF)
  •   Ronan McLaughlin (SF)

It is named after the Black Mountain.

The district was created for the 2014 election. It combined 4 of the 6 wards from the abolished Upper Falls DEA with 3 of the 5 wards from the abolished Lower Falls DEA.

In the 2014 election it elected 5 Sinn Féin councillors, 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor, and Gerry Carroll of the People Before Profit Alliance. In the 2019 election Sinn Fein gained a sixth seat from the SDLP. In the 2023 election, the SDLP regained a seat at the expense of People Before Profit.

Councillors

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Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2023 Ciarán Beattie
(Sinn Féin) 		Arder Carson
(Sinn Féin) 		Róis-Máire Donnelly
(Sinn Féin) 		Áine McCabe
(Sinn Féin) 		Micheal Donnelly
(Sinn Féin) 		Ronan McLaughlin
(Sinn Féin) 		Paul Doherty
(SDLP)
November 2022 Co-Option Matt Collins
(PBP)
November 2020 Co-Option Steven Corr
(Sinn Féin)
2019 Emma Groves
(Sinn Féin)
October 2017 Co-Option Orla Nic Biorna
(Sinn Féin) 		Tim Attwood
(SDLP)
May 2016 Co-Option Janice Austin
(Sinn Féin)
2014 Gerry Carroll
(PBP)

2023 results

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2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2023: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: SDLP gain from People Before Profit

Black Mountain - 7 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 14.63% 2,336              
Sinn Féin Michael Donnelly* 13.51% 2,158              
Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 12.98% 2,073              
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin* 10.27% 1,641 1,867.24 1,983.65 1,986.65 2,037.59      
SDLP Paul Doherty 10.55% 1,685 1,700.96 1,706.77 1,718.05 1,720.72 1,838.15 2,029.15  
Sinn Féin Áine McCabe* 11.51% 1,838 1,848.50 1,853.12 1,860.40 1,862.65 1,897.79 2,005.79  
Sinn Féin Róis-Máire Donnelly* 9.62% 1,536 1,575.06 1,589.29 1,594.27 1,597.66 1,643.84 1,730.09 1,762.61
People Before Profit Matt Collins* 8.24% 1,316 1,330.14 1,334.13 1,353.13 1,354.57 1,446.13 1,660.80 1,661.40
Aontú Gerard Herdman 3.40% 543 544.96 545.66 547.66 547.90 563.18    
Irish Republican Socialist Dan Murphy 2.67% 426 429.78 431.53 432.53 432.71 454.51    
Workers' Party Ursula Meighan 1.16% 185 186.82 188.36 188.36 188.54      
Alliance Ryan Brown 1.04% 166 171.04 171.39 185.53 185.86      
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 0.43% 68 68.70 68.77          
Electorate: 27,143   Valid: 15,971 (58.84%)   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 1,997   Turnout: 16,280 (59.98%)  

2019 results

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2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

2019: 6 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Black Mountain - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
People Before Profit Matt Collins* 16.14% 2,268          
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 13.47% 1,893          
Sinn Féin Steven Corr* 13.26% 1,864          
Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 11.63% 1,634 1,686.78 1,710.65 1,715.95 1,773.95  
Sinn Féin Micheal Donnelly 10.92% 1,535 1,569.32 1,572.82 1,583.57 1,623.65 1,667.66
Sinn Féin Ronan McLaughlin 9.36% 1,316 1,354.22 1,444.87 1,510.07 1,567.35 1,614.95
Sinn Féin Emma Groves* 10.18% 1,431 1,465.32 1,470.43 1,473.98 1,520.58 1,590.64
SDLP Paul Doherty 5.57% 783 903.9 906.35 908.05 1,175.18 1,432.89
Aontú Eoin Geraghty 5.34% 750 796.02 797 797.9 861.98  
Green (NI) Stevie Maginn 1.45% 204 282 283.05 283.8    
Alliance Liam Norris 1.52% 213 256.16 256.93 257.43    
Workers' Party Conor Campbell 1.15% 162 210.88 213.05 214.45    
Electorate: 26,022   Valid: 14,053 (54.00%)   Spoilt: 345   Quota: 1,757   Turnout: 14,398 (55.33%)  

2014 results

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2014: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x People Before Profit, 1 x SDLP

Black Mountain - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Steven Corr* 12.86% 1,793            
Sinn Féin Janice Austin* 12.80% 1,784            
People Before Profit Gerry Carroll 12.13% 1,691 1,789          
Sinn Féin Emma Groves* 11.68% 1,628 1,637 1,757        
Sinn Féin Arder Carson* 10.82% 1,509 1,527 1,628 1,629.68 1,634.18 1,636.12 1,641.44
SDLP Tim Attwood* 9.02% 1,258 1,452 1,596 1,597.18 1,631.68 1,632.72 1,634.26
Sinn Féin Ciarán Beattie* 9.61% 1,340 1,369 1,472 1,501.46 1,504.46 1,534.22 1,538.14
Sinn Féin Caoimhín Mhic Giolla Mhin* 10.24% 1,428 1,450 1,521 1,522.3 1,526.05 1,527.19 1,529.71
éirígí Pádraic MacCoitir 7.36% 1,026 1,040          
Workers' Party Joanne Lowry 1.14% 159            
SDLP Gerard McDonald 0.95% 133            
Alliance Lauren Gray 0.79% 110            
NI21 Chris Valente 0.60% 83            
Electorate: 25,146   Valid: 13,942 (55.44%)   Spoilt: 369   Quota: 1,743   Turnout: 14,311 (56.91%)  

References

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  1. ^ "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Black Mountain - Election results 2019". Belfast City Council.
  3. ^ "Black Mountain - Election results 2014". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014.
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